Remember the Sultana

Remember the Sultana (2015)

The Sultana was a river boat that exploded in 1865 killing many passengers, mostly Union Soldiers.

Documentary History

Over 2000 Union soldiers, passengers and crew were crammed aboard the steamboat Sultana, licensed to carry 376. Graft, greed, overcrowding, a poorly maintained boat, and the Mississippi River was swollen with spring snowmelt conspired together to create a disaster. On April 27, 1865, the boat’s boilers exploded, causing the worst maritime disaster in US history.

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  • Release Date: 2015-04-27
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Directors: Mark Marshall, Mike Marshall.

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    • Cast

    • Sean Astin

      Narrator

    • Mackenzie Astin

      Captain J. Walter Elliott / Private George Clarkson (voice)

    • Jim Beaver

      Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

    • Bob Bergen

      Captain Louis Rosché / Pleasant Marion Keeble (voice)

    • Leah Ann Cevoli

      Eliza Frances 'Fanny' Andrews (voice)

    • Jim Cummings

      Sergeant Alexander C. Brown / Sergeant William Fies (voice)

    • Matthew Jayson Cwern

      Lieutenant John Clark Ely / Private William Wendt (voice) (as Matt Jayson)

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